JcSEP3 regulates stamen development in Jatropha curcas
SEPALLATA (SEP) genes are the plant-specific MIKC-type MADS-box genes, belonging to the class E genes in the ABCE model of flower organ development.
SEPALLATA (SEP) genes are the plant-specific MIKC-type MADS-box genes, belonging to the class E genes in the ABCE model of flower organ development.
Plants & Animals
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Plants have evolved numerous strategies to spread their seeds widely. Some scatter their seeds to the wind, while others tempt animals and birds to eat their seed-filled fruits. And a few rare plants—such as the popping ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 7, 2022
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Scientists have revealed two enzymes that regulate protein degradation of proteins in the cell membrane of plants, and established the roles they play in plant growth and development.
Plants & Animals
Jun 3, 2022
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What if scientists could study human psychiatric illness in plants? Yale researchers think it's possible and they've taken an important first step. In a study published June 2 in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, they ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2022
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Ten years ago, a new technology called CRISPR-CAS9, made it possible for scientists to change the genetic code of living organisms. As revolutionary as it was, the tool had its limitations. Like the first cell phones that ...
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2022
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Plants release chemical distress signals when under attack from chewing insects. These "911 calls," as entomologist Esther Ngumbi refers to them, alert other bugs that dinner or a nice place to lay their eggs is available ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 3, 2022
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Converting agroindustrial waste into molecules of interest to society, such as biofuels and biochemicals, is one of the ways to mitigate dependence on oil and other fossil fuels. As one of the world's largest producers of ...
Biotechnology
May 2, 2022
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When faced with conditions that are too dry, salty, or cold, most plants try to conserve resources. They send out fewer leaves and roots and close up their pores to hold in water. If circumstances don't improve, they eventually ...
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2022
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A research collaboration has helped to explain the chemical defenses that protect wheat plants against disease—opening potential new avenues of study in this globally cultivated crop.
Molecular & Computational biology
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Plants that inhabit the Earth have the incredible ability to grow continually for hundreds of years, and always towards the light of the sun, which provides them with the necessary energy to sprout.
Molecular & Computational biology
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